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Cool. They stole the application too, but I guess they can because doing so didn't hurt Techstars at all. They stole it so badly that I wonder if it's a joke.

"If one wanted to buy you three months in (March 2007), what's the lowest offer you'd take?"

I wonder how long it will be before we see a clone in India/East Asia.

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I think it's kind of funny that everyone uses the same app. One of these days someone will start a Princeton Review-like startup that submits the answers to all organizations with one click.

btw, I don't know if it's just me but I don't know why people are so worked up over these copycats. When the second university in the world was founded, maybe people accused them of copying the first university, but in the long run it's been good for mankind. Of course, if all the orgs want to talk amongst each other and pay royalties to YC, that might also be interesting.

People steal the Y Combinator app is because it's so good. You can't just google and plug in the "right" answers.

Interpreting the responses is the skill that matters.

Techstars stole the app. These guys stole the entire site.

Well rms I am from India. Mentality right now is against startups. Working for big companies is considered very smart and only options out here. But things are changing out here too. One of my friend quit his job to join a startup. I do not have the right credentials otherwise i would have setup a YC clone here too.

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